What s New in Windows Server 2003?

1. Your company has decided to put in a Windows-based Network Address Translation (NAT) server. Your boss wants to use Windows 2000 if possible because you already own a license for it. You have been tasked with determining if Window 2000 will suffice, or if you need to go with Windows Server 2003. Which of the following required protocols will help you determine which version of Windows to use?

   1. ICMP

   2. PPTP

   3. L2TP

   4. HTTP

      Answer C is correct. Windows 2000 NAT does not allow IPSec traffic. Since L2TP uses IPSec for encryption, it is not supported either. However, Windows Server 2003 does allow NAT traffic via NAT traversal.

      Answers A, B, and D are incorrect because all three are supported in both Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 implementations of NAT. ICMP is the Internet Control Message Protocol and is used when (among other things) pinging a machine to see if it is responsive. PPTP is the Point-to-Point Tunneling protocol. It is a tunneling protocol used when connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) and uses MPPE for encryption. HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is used when connecting to Web pages.

2. You work for an online retail company. You have been tasked with creating a Web server farm to support your company s new e-commerce initiative. All of your Web...